c. 1738–1807
Biography · Civic Life
Sam King
1926–2016
Jamaica / United Kingdom
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Biography
King arrived in Britain aboard the Empire Windrush in 1948, later became the first Black mayor of Southwark, and helped organize the Caribbean carnival tradition that grew into Notting Hill Carnival.
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